HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.
How It Reads#52939F set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Citron on #52939F#52939FSet in Citron on #52939F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA largeClub Soda on #52939F#52939FSet in Club Soda on #52939F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large#52939F on Citron#52939FSet in #52939F on Citron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA large#52939F on Club Soda#52939FSet in #52939F on Club Soda, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.0:1 WCAG AA largeCharcoal on #52939F#52939FDisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA#52939F on Charcoal#52939FDisplay sizesLc 38 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
For every eye: Citron on #52939FThe strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Citron still stands clearly off #52939F in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.
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